Deck 8: The Last Word on Jesus-The Beloved Disciples Testimony in the Gospel of John

Question 1

The Gospel of John is the only Gospel to make direct reference to its author.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Witherington argues that the Gospel of John was written by John the Son of Zebedee.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The presentation of Jesus as divine is more veiled in the Fourth Gospel than in the Synoptic Gospels.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to your textbook, John 3:16 may be the narrator's explanatory comment and not the actual words of Jesus.

Question 5

According to your textbook, the "disciple whom Jesus loved" should be identified with . . .

A) John the Apostle.
B) John the Elder.
C) John the Baptis.t
D) Lazarus.

Question 6

Which church father's opinion strongly influenced the association of the authorship of the Fourth Gospel with the Apostle John?

A) Irenaeus
B) Justin Martyr
C) Jerome
D) Tertullian

Question 7

The author of the Fourth Gospel . . .

A) claims to have been an eyewitness to Jesus' ministry.
B) displays an accurate knowledge of Jewish customs.
C) displays an accurate knowledge of pre-a.d. 70 Palestinian topography.
D) All of the above

Question 8

The Fourth Gospel . . .

A) identifies Jesus' beloved disciple by name as "John the apostle."
B) identifies Jesus' beloved disciple by name as "Elder John."
C) identifies Jesus' beloved disciple by name as "John Mark."
D) does not identify Jesus' beloved disciple by name.

Question 9

The author of the fourth Gospel writes primarily to engender . . .

A) repentance.
B) belief.
C) patience.
D) hope.

Question 10

Whom did the Sanhedrin plot to destroy in addition to Jesus?

A) Peter
B) The Beloved Disciple
C) Lazarus
D) Mary of Bethany

Question 11

The story of the woman caught in the act of adultery . . .

A) does not appear in the earliest and best manuscripts of the Fourth Gospel.
B) appears in different locations in later, inferior manuscripts of the Fourth Gospel.
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above

Question 12

In his conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus spoke of being "born . . .

A) again."
B) from above."
C) Both of the above
D) None of the above

Question 13

What does your textbook suggest as evidence that the Beloved Disciple was not the final editor of the fourth Gospel?

A) use of rare vocabulary
B) use of the Greek present tense
C) The Beloved Disciple was killed in the A.D. 70 cataclysm
D) The "We" in John 21

Question 14

Which of the following does your textbook suggest as evidence that John the Apostle was not the author of the Fourth Gospel?

A) absence of Zebedee stories
B) absence of exorcisms
C) absence of parables
D) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is/are not found in the Fourth Gospel?

A) exorcisms
B) the ascension
C) the transfiguration
D) all of the above

Question 16

Other than the anonymous "disciple whom Jesus loved," the only individuals in the Fourth Gospel that readers are told (by narrator or characters) Jesus loves is/are . . .

A) Martha.
B) Mary.
C) Lazarus.
D) all of the above.

Question 17

The fourth Gospel . . .

A) is probably the latest of the Gospels.
B) is likely based on the eyewitness testimony of the Beloved Disciple.
C) is one of the Synoptic Gospels.
D) Both a and b

Question 18

The fourth Gospel's term of choice when referring to one of Jesus' miracles is . . .

A) "sign."
B) "wonder."
C) "mighty work."
D) None of the above

Question 19

The fourth Gospel is notable for its inclusion of what type of Jesus sayings?

A) "I AM"
B) "Verily, Verily"
C) "You have heard that it was said . . . but I tell you"
D) "Who among you . . . ?"

Question 20

How many miracles of Jesus are recorded in the Fourth Gospel?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 7
D) 20

Question 21

The placement of the cleansing of the Temple incident in the Fourth Gospel is . . .

A) chronological.
B) theological.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 22

How many "I am" statements are recorded in the Fourth Gospel?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 7
D) 12

Question 23

Which of the "I am" statements is not found in John's Gospel?

A) I am the bread of life.
B) I am the Son of God.
C) I am the good shepherd.
D) I am the gate of the sheep.

Question 24

Which sign/miracle does Witherington list as the seventh sign in the Gospel of John?

A) Raising of Lazarus from the dead
B) Walking upon the sea of Galilee
C) Curing the paralytic at Bethesda
D) Water to wine at Cana

Question 25

There are more of these in John's Gospel than in all the Synoptic Gospels combined.

A) miracle accounts
B) explanatory "asides"
C) parables
D) named women

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a unique feature of John's Gospel?

A) I am sayings
B) The story of disbelieving Thomas
C) The story of Jesus' response to the revolutionaries beside him on their crosses
D) The story of the Temple cleansing

Question 27

John uses the Greek term Parakletos to mean . . .

A) the Holy Spirit.
B) another advocate for Jesus' message and person.
C) a counselor, one who instructs, gives advice and ministers comfort.
D) All of the above
E) Both a and c

Question 28

Who did NOT believe in a future resurrection?

A) the Pharisees
B) the Sadducees
C) both the Pharisees and the Sadducees
D) Lazarus

Question 29

When Jesus tells Nicodemus, "Unless a man is born of water . . . ," he most likely is referring to . . .

A) baptism.
B) semen.
C) both of the above.
D) none of the above.

Question 30

Who appears to have had a role among the women disciples that Peter had among the male disciples?

A) Mary, the mother of Jesus
B) Mary, the sister of Lazarus
C) Mary Magdalene
D) Martha, the sister of Lazarus

Question 31

Analyze the arguments for the identity of "The Beloved Disciple" and his connection with the Gospel in which he is named.

Question 32

List the ways in which John's Gospel is distinctive compared to the Synoptics